[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20966]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    HERMANN MONUMENT AND HERMANN HEIGHTS PARK IN NEW ULM, MINNESOTA

  The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution (H. Con. Res. 89) 
recognizing the Hermann Monument and Hermann Heights Park in New Ulm, 
Minnesota, as a national symbol of the contributions of Americans of 
German heritage.
  The resolution (H. Con. Res. 89) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 89

       Whereas there are currently more than 57,900,000 
     individuals of German heritage residing in the United States, 
     who comprise nearly 25 percent of the population of the 
     United States and are therefore the largest ethnic group in 
     the United States;
       Whereas those of German heritage are not merely descendants 
     of one political entity, but of all German speaking areas;
       Whereas numerous Americans of German heritage have made 
     countless contributions to American culture, arts, and 
     industry, the American military, and American government;
       Whereas there is no recognized tangible, national symbol 
     dedicated to German Americans and their positive 
     contributions to the United States;
       Whereas the story of Hermann the Cheruscan parallels that 
     of the American Founding Fathers, because he was a freedom 
     fighter who united ancient German tribes in order to shed the 
     yoke of Roman tyranny and preserve freedom for the territory 
     of present-day Germany;
       Whereas the Hermann Monument located in Hermann Heights 
     Park in New Ulm, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1897 in honor of 
     the spirit of freedom and later dedicated to all German 
     immigrants who settled in New Ulm and elsewhere in the United 
     States; and
       Whereas the Hermann Monument has been recognized as a site 
     of special historical significance by the United States 
     Government, by placement on the National Register of Historic 
     Places: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That the Hermann Monument and Hermann Heights 
     Park in New Ulm, Minnesota, are recognized by the Congress to 
     be a national symbol for the contributions of Americans of 
     German heritage.

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